Suit

Suit









Suit

Date:
1774–92
Culture:
French
Medium:
silk
Credit Line:
Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1961

Embroidery with silk floss was executed à la disposition, created in predetermined pattern shapes, thus to accord fully with the silhouette and outlines of the suit. Even the embroidered buttons reiterate on a secondary scale the florals of the jacket.




Comments